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Draft Selections
Cameron Williams Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (ARI)
Cameron Williams
OT Texas
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (ARI)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Kurtis Rourke Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (ARI)
Kurtis Rourke
QB Indiana
Vernon Broughton Head Shot
PICK: 113 RND: 4 (ARI)
Vernon Broughton
DL Texas
Jared Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (ARI)
Jared Wilson
C Georgia
Draft Grade — Cardinals
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
More right than wrong for the Cardinals, and a B- to prove it.

The Cardinals bet big and early on Kurtis Rourke, 65 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B-.

On value alone, Wilson makes the weekend a net positive. The wide receiver hole is the one line item this class does not answer. On the needs board they went 4 of 8, with quarterback the one that mattered most.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Cameron Williams
In slot 16 they get a cornerstone up front, though the board says they badly overpaid. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick47 Rnd2 Jalon Walker
Jalon Walker at Round 2, Pick 15 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick78 Rnd3 Kurtis Rourke
Kurtis Rourke at the Round 3 slot is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick113 Rnd4 Vernon Broughton
They left a pile of value on the table to take Vernon Broughton this early at No. 113. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick151 Rnd5 Jared Wilson
Jared Wilson at pick 151 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.